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The Top 5 Songs of 2012 30 Dec 2012 | 11:09 pm
It is that time of the year when we take upon us the onus (and the impending possible brickbats) of compiling various lists of things that were Totally Top in the year 2012. It was (to clear it up fro...
The Legend of Vijay Benedict 26 Dec 2012 | 10:41 pm
My job as a travelling salesman takes me on a regular basis to places where Mumbai ends and Thane, Dombivli, Kalyan etc begin. These smaller towns are microcosms of humanity in themselves, quite far r...
Sardar Khan Naam Hai Humara 21 Dec 2012 | 09:54 pm
If you didn't already know it, Katrina Kaif, during the premiere of Prakash Jha's Rajneeti, walked up to Manoj Bajpai and touched his feet to show her appreciation for his brilliance in acting. She d...
The Cult of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Part 2 : Vinod Chopra) 15 Dec 2012 | 11:48 pm
In a previous article, we discussed about one of the two ADs of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (and as mentioned before, the name of the two lead characters were taken from the two ADs), so after a small discour...
6 greatest ‘hooker with a heart of gold’ characters in Hindi cinema 24 Nov 2012 | 01:19 am
0 0 1 262 1496 IIM Calcutta 12 3 1755 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Weird title for a blog post, I know. For those who are feeling lost, let me throw in a bit of in...
The Cult of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Part 1 :Sudhir Mishra) 18 Nov 2012 | 08:19 pm
When that great black comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron was re-released in theaters this month (without much fanfare, sadly, much to the chagrin of the lead players of the film), it brought a thought to us a...
Machuca. 13 Nov 2012 | 12:38 am
We live in a world of contradictions. So much so that contradictions are actually central to our existence. And we know it. Searching for solitude in a crowd and looking for company in isolation. Want...
Movies that put wind in your hair 12 Nov 2012 | 12:07 am
Here is a genre that Indian filmmakers rarely attempt: road movies. Maybe it’s because Indians don’t travel a lot - when Thomas Roe gave Jahangir the then map of the world, far from being excited, Jah...
5 Films That Actually Deserve a Sequel 30 Oct 2012 | 08:19 pm
A lot of movies release these days with the appendages ‘2’ ‘3’ etc with them, which have no goddamned connection with previous movies of the same name (and lesser digits), these movies are NOT sequels...
The Versatility of Mr Shah Rukh Khan 28 Oct 2012 | 01:25 am
As filmistan gears up for the release of the next SR film, in the wake of the untimely death of Sri Yash Chopra, we look at the trailers and ponder over the age old question that each one of us (inclu...
